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Candlelight Vigil Set For Westchester Custodian Facing Deportation Candlelight Vigil Set For Westchester Custodian Facing Deportation
Candlelight Vigil Set For Westchester Custodian Facing Deportation There will be a candlelight vigil for a popular custodian at a Westchester synagogue who is facing deportation to Mexico and separation from his wife and children. A vigil has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16 on the steps of Bet Torah in Mount Kisco on behalf of Armando Rojas, who worked as a custodian before being taken into custody by immigration authorities. Organizers of the vigil said that the event is a “plea for Rojas, a Bet Torah employee of several years, to reenter the United States and be reunited with his wife and two sons. The agenda includes songs, letters from…